I’m 72 now and walk 6 to 8 miles, sometimes more every day. I smoked at an early age. In 1977 my doctor told me I had chronic bronchitis from cigarette smoking and WOULD have emphysema. I had an uncle and a close friend who had terrible emphysema that killed both of them. I quit for 5 years in 1977, started back in 1982 and smoked 2 more years. Although it was extremely hard, I quit smoking for good in April of 1984 and haven’t smoked since. It was extremely difficult but my lungs can breathe deeply and well . I gave up alcohol in March of 1992 and have been a teetotaler since. Great advice is if you don’t smoke, don’t start. If you do, quit. It’s a challenge but is very much worth it! I developed a positive addiction…physical exercise and it has paid off. Mild heart attack at 61 in 2013 but damage undetectable, if any. Cardiologist said EKG perfect. Bloodwork textbook. Heart sounds fantastic. He wishes he had a thousand patients like me. Avoiding cigarettes is very much worth it! But for a long time after quitting I would DREAM about smoking. Bite the bullet, quit smoking.
I'm 66 years old as I type this. I started smoking when I was in the sixth grade (12 years old). I continued to smoke until 1986 when I quit cold turkey completely on my own, and haven't smoked since. Every once in a while, I have a dream where I took up smoking again. I wake up feeling so guilty and disappointed in myself. It's like they say, once a smoker, always a smoker.
You completely overlooked some more notable's. Yul Brynner died at 65 lung cancer, had a anti-smoking commercial broadcast after his death, John Wayne at died at 72 cancer was known as a chain smoker, George Burns a cigar smoker died at 100 years (natural causes) not everybody that smoked died of cancer. I quite 9 years ago after 40 years still (knock on wood) cancer free. I quit smoking cold turkey after 5 attempts always keep trying and believe you can stop smoking.
Great points. An ironic twist was the death of Andy Kaufman due to lung cancer at the age of 35. He was a health fanatic and antismoker. His type of cancer (large-cell carcinoma of the lung) is typically associated with smoking.
@@arturovillaluz2053It's amazing how some people can smoke like chimneys and still live long lives like George Burns and Charles Lane (lived past 100), and John Astin who's still alive at 94
@@radicalross7700 I saw on RUclips anti smoking PSA (Public Service Announcement) TV showing Yul Brynner and William Talman mentioning that they got lung cancer from smoking. Also actor Ray Collins who played Lieutenant Tragg on Perry Mason died of emphysema in July of 1965 at the age of 76. I assume Mr Collins did smoke.
When did Audrey Meadows become Kate Hepburn? And how could you possible leave John Wayne off the list? An admitted five-pack-a-day smoker, he made some of his best films AFTER having a cancerous lung removed. And it seems to me that musicians like Johnny Cash and Frank Zappa wouldn't be caught dead in Hollywood.
I smoked two packs a day for over 30 years. Tried quitting many times but the gum, patches, hypnotism, acupuncture did not work one bit. I was able to quit in about a month substituting e-cigarettes for the real thing. Only thing that helped me and yes, it was the hardest thing for me to quit those damned things too. I sympathize with anyone trying to give them up because it sure is not easy.
Here are some notable others: Jack Klugman Yul Brynner Jack Cassidy Milton Berle George Burns Paul Lynde William Hopper Peter Lawford Jerry Lewis George Peppard
@ECO473 Milton Berle was a cigar smoker. Jack Cassidy smoked, and he died in a house fire in Los Angeles on December 11th, 1976. His passing was two weeks before Christmas. I remember George Burns smoking cigars on the TV show Burns & Allen. He lived to be 100. William Hopper, who played Paul Drake, did light up on Perry Mason episodes. Honorable mention Sharon Stone William Holden Frank Sinatra Sammy Davis Jr. Redd Foxx
Another one who was a notorious smoker was Don Adams. And Gil Hodges was a notoriously heavy smoker, who died of a massive heart attack on Easter Sunday, 1972, two days shy of his 48th birthday.
The Doctor told me that due to my smoking habit I had only 6 months to live. When I mentioned that I had no money to pay him he gave me another 6 months !!! 🤣😂😆😅
I was sitting in my car at the Walmart parking lot smoking a cigarette waiting for my wife to finish shopping, then this nosey woman came up and began lecturing me, You know smoking is bad ! Don't you know it shortens your life ! You have to be stupid to smoke! before she was ready to say another word , I interrupted her tirade and said Hey, listen lady, My mother lived to be 95 years old! The woman said sarcastically Oh, I suppose she smoked also! I said No she didn't smoke ,but knew better not to aggravate me when I was smoking.
@@tomsullivan7820Also BET Davis. The narrator uses the term iconic a lot. She, along with Frank Sinatra and Groucho Marx are truly iconic individuals and the narrator still screws up their names.
Worst Smoker. John Astin, smokes cigars as character, stops smoking when series ends. Born in 1930 he is still alive at age 94. Worst Smoker??? Absolutely not.
I think Bette Davis was the worst smoker of all of them, she seemed to smoke even in her sleep. She seemed to have a cigarette constantly in her hand, nonstop.
I used to work with a retired Air Force sergeant that quit a 4 pack habit. He proudly mentioned that he designed an ash tray to use while he was showering - that is 4 packs a day.
When I was growing up in the 60s the cartoons had smoking on it...the series I watch had smoking..the commercials advertised smoking Ash trays was about everywhere hospital , groceries stores etc..i started smoking when I was 10…. But quit in 2017 and never went back still smoke free.
Buster Keaton, like my own dad, died of lung cancer at age 70. My dad smoked till shortly before death. He went through 3 packs a day, all while choking till his lips turned blue.
@@veltonmeade1057 Not that they couldn't afford it but cigarettes were about .25 a pack back in their day. Now they're over $8.00 a pack. Whew! So 4 packs a day we're talking $1.00 vs. $32.00 a day.
@@leestamm3187 That's right, Lee, he played Pruneface in Warren Beatty's Dick Tracy, and was in a lot of other movies. The reason a photo of him was included in the David Jansen segment is a mystery for the ages, They'll find Noah's Ark or Jimmy Hoffa's remains before explaining it.. 😆
My father quit smoking when he was in his 20’s something by reading the warning label on a pack of cigarettes. My grandmother smoked in her early 70’s that a doctor told her to quit smoking. She did and lived to be 89 years old. She did looked liked she was 100 years old in her face. My aunt was a heavy smoker and drinker. She died just before my father in her early 70’s.
Put out my last cigarette cold turkey 41 years ago, and I thank God I did that. Except in very, very rare cases, smoking and long life are mutually exclusive.
Honorable mention to the following actors and actresses. Sharon Stone Michael Rennie James Garner Steve McQueen Lee Marvin Laurence Harvey Rock Hudson George Peppard Yul Brynner
This video's quality is ATROCIOUS! The quality is so fucking bad. Okay so first off, you PRONOUNCED Frank SIN-ATRA wrong as hell not SINI-TRA! Secondly more than once segments started to get DOUBLE UP/OVERLAPPING audio! And lastly when one of your spotlights ends and cuts so fucking short and jumps straight in to the next Numbered person on the list. Whoever did the editing for this video needs to do a much better job and not a damn rush job!
It’s Sinatra the last vowel “a” is short. Why show Rod Sterling when talking about Redd Fox. Thank you for finally pronouncing the name Groucho correctly. The echo needs to be fixed too. Fix the remove the pictures of Aaron Burr from William Talmon.
Let's not forget William Talman, who played Los Angeles district attorney Hamilton Burger in the television series Perry Mason. A lifelong heavy smoker, Talman died of lung cancer (which had metastisized, bones, and brain) at the age of 53.
He died in 1995 at age 78 from lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD I think narrator met to say that passed away at 78 but made it sound like he died in 1978.
1989 Was the year I completely gave up my pack-a-day habit, now 67 years old I'm suffering from post-COVID lung problems, not too bad but needing to use an inhaler once in a while!
My grandmother was a chain smoker. Camel was her favorite brand. She looked about 20 years older than her actual age and always reminded me of a nasty old spider in a web. Of course, she died of heart disease. I never touched the stuff.
I started smoking a pack a day at 16 until 20. I quit for 16 years and then started up again for about a year, quit again for 5 years and then finally took it up again for one last time for about a year. One of the best things I ever did was quit that disgusting, stinky habit. I can say without reservation that smoking is a habit I will never take up again.
I was a light smoker for 20 years beginning at 14. quit cold turkey. now 81. took a coupla years though to get over the "urge". quit right in the middle of a pack too. Recently I noticed a pack of my Great Granddaughters cancer sticks and noted that they're about 30% skinnier than they used to be when I was smoking. have no idea when the industry did that but it was VERY noticeable and I pointed that out to her. They're now about the size of what "Virginia Slims" were back when I quit. Are they still making that brand if so I can't imagine how skinny they are now!
there is an episode in which Serling appears at the end for 2 minutes at most. Even during those two minutes he had a cigarette stuck in his face. What a waste of talent
Let's be honest: almost everyone in show business smoked something back then. It killed most of them, but then again people like Burns and Berle lived long lives.
The thing about smoking has always been this. *_Smoking has never been cool. But the coolest people always smoked._* Bogie, Frank, Deano, Gable, the Duke, Brando, Marlene, Bacall and Marilyn. Just about everybody that anybody wanted to be, smoked. All of their most classic photographs had three elements. 1) The star, glammed to the nines. 2) A cocktail. Martinis and whiskey being most common. And, 3) A lit cigarette. Rarely, a gentleman would have a cigar or a pipe. A cigar was almost always accompanied by a _tuxedo or a Dinner Jacket._ The ladies almost always had a cigarette holder of some type, often pearl. It wasn't just the glamorous boys and girls either. All the bad boys and girls always a lit cig hanging from a lip on one side or the other. Can you think of your favorite actor of the period when they played a dark character? Were they smoking? Pretty sure they were. Lighting a cigarette or a pipe was an excellent way to slow down a scene for dramatic effect. Getting away from celebs, if you are old enough to have grown children and grands, you will remember that back in school, the kids that always got into trouble, smoked. The power of marketing, Eh?
After smoking tobacco for 12:4012:46 32years of my life, I had cancer of the larynx and I stopped smoking per my oncologist advice.I did stop and that really did help me to beat cancer and I am in my 15 year as a survivor of cancer.My advice to people who are currently smoking tobacco and other forms of tobacco,stop while you still have the time to do so and that time is now because a journey of life fighting cancer is not a pleasant one
6:07. Moe wasn't the only Stooge to smoke-all six of them smoked, and I'm pretty sure contributed to Shemp's death in 1955. And I read that in the months leading up to his death, Shemp secretly too nitroglycerin tablets for chest pains, with should have sent him to see his doctor.
Was a lot easier back in the day when it wasn't such a pain in the ass to go have a cigarette. You used to be able to smoke almost anywhere. I'm 39 and I can remember as a little kid when you could even smoke in the mall. Not in most of the actual stores, but in the mall was fine and they had ash trays everywhere. I quit cigarettes but I didn't quit nicotine. Still use tobacco free nicotine pouches, vape sometimes, and very occasionally like once a month, I'll smoke a cigar.
Been there done that ! Nasty habit just like drinking ! Stopped both a long time ago ! I wonder how much money I saved besides putting years on my life ! ?
I’m 72 now and walk 6 to 8 miles, sometimes more every day. I smoked at an early age. In 1977 my doctor told me I had chronic bronchitis from cigarette smoking and WOULD have emphysema. I had an uncle and a close friend who had terrible emphysema that killed both of them. I quit for 5 years in 1977, started back in 1982 and smoked 2 more years. Although it was extremely hard, I quit smoking for good in April of 1984 and haven’t smoked since. It was extremely difficult but my lungs can breathe deeply and well . I gave up alcohol in March of 1992 and have been a teetotaler since. Great advice is if you don’t smoke, don’t start. If you do, quit. It’s a challenge but is very much worth it! I developed a positive addiction…physical exercise and it has paid off. Mild heart attack at 61 in 2013 but damage undetectable, if any. Cardiologist said EKG perfect. Bloodwork textbook. Heart sounds fantastic. He wishes he had a thousand patients like me. Avoiding cigarettes is very much worth it! But for a long time after quitting I would DREAM about smoking. Bite the bullet, quit smoking.
I'm 66 years old as I type this. I started smoking when I was in the sixth grade (12 years old). I continued to smoke until 1986 when I quit cold turkey completely on my own, and haven't smoked since. Every once in a while, I have a dream where I took up smoking again. I wake up feeling so guilty and disappointed in myself. It's like they say, once a smoker, always a smoker.
You completely overlooked some more notable's. Yul Brynner died at 65 lung cancer, had a anti-smoking commercial broadcast after his death, John Wayne at died at 72 cancer was known as a chain smoker, George Burns a cigar smoker died at 100 years (natural causes) not everybody that smoked died of cancer. I quite 9 years ago after 40 years still (knock on wood) cancer free. I quit smoking cold turkey after 5 attempts always keep trying and believe you can stop smoking.
Great points. An ironic twist was the death of Andy Kaufman due to lung cancer at the age of 35. He was a health fanatic and antismoker. His type of cancer (large-cell carcinoma of the lung) is typically associated with smoking.
@@arturovillaluz2053It's amazing how some people can smoke like chimneys and still live long lives like George Burns and Charles Lane (lived past 100), and John Astin who's still alive at 94
@@radicalross7700I've seen John Astin smoking cigars while filming episodes of The Addams Family.
@arturovillaluz2053 probably got it from second-hand smoke or lived in an area where there is a high rate of cancer.
@@radicalross7700 I saw on RUclips anti smoking PSA (Public Service Announcement) TV showing Yul Brynner and William Talman mentioning that they got lung cancer from smoking. Also actor Ray Collins who played Lieutenant Tragg on Perry Mason died of emphysema in July of 1965 at the age of 76. I assume Mr Collins did smoke.
When did Audrey Meadows become Kate Hepburn? And how could you possible leave John Wayne off the list? An admitted five-pack-a-day smoker, he made some of his best films AFTER having a cancerous lung removed. And it seems to me that musicians like Johnny Cash and Frank Zappa wouldn't be caught dead in Hollywood.
And Redd Foxx became Rod Serling.
@@arturovillaluz2053How about William Talman turning into Raymond Burr? 😂 Of course, if he had, Talman would have lived a quarter century longer.
It's called click bait. They get more money the more comments they get, good or bad
@@kiragrandadtrue
And like most *"**#Ai**"* voices , you can tell this *"**#Ai**"* tripped over words and names.
The Ai voice cracks me up with the mispronunciation!
I was going to say the same. It clearly demonstrates more work is needed in that area.
suck ums ??
I really hate AI narration.
So do I.
This AI narration has got to go. And when it's more than 1 cigarette it gets an "s" on the end.
It’s pretty close to being undetectable. The only giveaway is the mis-pronunciation of certain words. The whole piece is an AI experiment.
John Austin IS STILL ALIVE!!!
My former Brother in Law told me giving up smoking was the hardest thing he’d done in his life.
I smoked for 10 years and with the help of a hypnotist stopped 9 -9-1983. They were $6 a carton then. 😏
I smoked two packs a day for over 30 years. Tried quitting many times but the gum, patches, hypnotism, acupuncture did not work one bit. I was able to quit in about a month substituting e-cigarettes for the real thing. Only thing that helped me and yes, it was the hardest thing for me to quit those damned things too. I sympathize with anyone trying to give them up because it sure is not easy.
Clarke gable, moved to the US army where he was given a meddle for being extraordinary😂 you gotta love A.I.
I got a metal for being extraordinary.
You mean medal
Here are some notable others:
Jack Klugman
Yul Brynner
Jack Cassidy
Milton Berle
George Burns
Paul Lynde
William Hopper
Peter Lawford
Jerry Lewis
George Peppard
@ECO473 Milton Berle was a cigar smoker. Jack Cassidy smoked, and he died in a house fire in Los Angeles on December 11th, 1976. His passing was two weeks before Christmas. I remember George Burns smoking cigars on the TV show Burns & Allen. He lived to be 100. William Hopper, who played Paul Drake, did light up on Perry Mason episodes. Honorable mention
Sharon Stone
William Holden
Frank Sinatra
Sammy Davis Jr.
Redd Foxx
@@frankdenardo8684 Facts, brother!
@@frankdenardo8684 I did not know Sharon Stone is dead.
@@icosthop9998 She is still alive
Edward R. Murrow, Ernie Kovacs
Adding to the list, George Harrison, Don and Phil Everly, Jackie Kennedy, Telly Savalas, John Russell, Chuck Connors, and Roger Miller.
Infant Patrick Kennedy died from Jackie’s heavy smoking while pregnant. 🙏
Snoop Dog, Willy Nelson
Another one who was a notorious smoker was Don Adams. And Gil Hodges was a notoriously heavy smoker, who died of a massive heart attack on Easter Sunday, 1972, two days shy of his 48th birthday.
The Doctor told me that due to my smoking habit I had only 6 months to live. When I mentioned that I had no money to pay him he gave me another 6 months !!! 🤣😂😆😅
I was sitting in my car at the Walmart parking lot smoking a cigarette waiting for my wife to finish shopping, then this nosey woman came up and began lecturing me, You know smoking is bad ! Don't you know it shortens your life ! You have to be stupid to smoke! before she was ready to say another word , I interrupted her tirade and said Hey, listen lady, My mother lived to be 95 years old! The woman said sarcastically Oh, I suppose she smoked also!
I said No she didn't smoke ,but knew better not to aggravate me when I was smoking.
What about John Wayne
@@Joe-cg8te I think he's dead... 🤣😂😆
Ok, I'll bite.....was that Don Rickles or Henny Youngman?
Never smoked myself, teetotaller and great advice!
Micheal Landon was a 3 pack a day smoker.
Patrick Swayze was a 3-4 pack a day smoker.
3-4 pack a Day, not possible
@@nenadcubric2663smoke five an hour all day long
I started smoking when I was 10 years old. After two weeks my Mom caught my older brother and I smoking . Never touched it again , and now I'm 77.
The narration does to this video what heavy smoking does to lungs. I’m sure Frank SIN-a-tra a would agree!
And so would Grow-cho Marx.
@@tomsullivan7820 And his brother Hair-po.
@@tomsullivan7820Also BET Davis. The narrator uses the term iconic a lot. She, along with Frank Sinatra and Groucho Marx are
truly iconic individuals and the narrator still screws up their names.
AI was close Perry Mason and John Talman was the DA. I guess AI narrated and edited this vid.
Worst Smoker. John Astin, smokes cigars as character, stops smoking when series ends. Born in 1930 he is still alive at age 94.
Worst Smoker??? Absolutely not.
Got a match ?
I think Bette Davis was the worst smoker of all of them, she seemed to smoke even in her sleep. She seemed to have a cigarette constantly in her hand, nonstop.
Same with Burgess Meredith. Died just shy of his 90th birthday.
5:19 that's clearly a photo of Katherine Hepburn not Audrey Meadows
That's what happens when a video is created entirely with AI. The technology is improving, but it still has a way to go.
7:51 Red Foxx played by Rod Serling.
Charles Lane had his final hospitalization in 1990 ? That 17 years before his death at 102 in 2007, the guy was great !!!
This is such a weird computer generated video. Her pension for cigarette or his affinity for cigarette. WEIRD
I used to work with a retired Air Force sergeant that quit a 4 pack habit. He proudly mentioned that he designed an ash tray to use while he was showering - that is 4 packs a day.
If you smoke 3, 4, 5, 6 packs of cigarettes a day how in the world do you get any work done?
I despise cigarettes and the tobacco industry. Both my father and my sister were heavy smokers and died because of it.
When I was growing up in the 60s the cartoons had smoking on it...the series I watch had smoking..the commercials advertised smoking
Ash trays was about everywhere hospital , groceries stores etc..i started smoking when I was 10…. But quit in 2017 and never went back still smoke free.
@@Willowtree4876 They had the Flintstones touting Winston cigarettes.
@@frankdenardo8684 yes and they where easy to get..not only the price was 45cents but buying them was easy
Buster Keaton, like my own dad, died of lung cancer at age 70. My dad smoked till shortly before death. He went through 3 packs a day, all while choking till his lips turned blue.
The first 2 pictures of William Talman...
Are Ramon Burr...
John Astin is probably still alive because he quit smoking cigars when the Addams Family went off the air.
John Astin is still alive. He's in his 90s. Kathleen Turner is still alive.
Pleshette always seemed just to beautiful to waste her looks on cigarettes
Frank Zappa's "favorite vegetable" may well have been tobacco, but my LEAST favorite vegetable is Joe Biden. 😵💫
I cannot believe that John Wayne`s 5 or 6 pack a day habit and health battles as a result of is chain smoking did not make this list.
Not possible to smoke 5 pack a Day
@@nenadcubric2663 Says who ? You ? Ha ha ha ! Whatever
@@glengrandstaff9695 if you would smoke 5/6 "packs per Day, you would be Dead in 10 years, so dont talk BS
Didn't he die of colon cancer, not lung cancer?
The irony of the sign "terminal" behind Rod Serling!
Well I’m glad they didn’t mention “Prince Albert in a can”! Or pouch tobaccy! Been rolling this baccy since 4 years old!
George Burns cigar smoker - lived to 100 years old. Just imagine how old he could have lived to if he didn't smoke 😅
I am surprised at the number of cigs these people smoked everyday.
@@veltonmeade1057 Not that they couldn't afford it but cigarettes were about .25 a pack back in their day. Now they're over $8.00 a pack. Whew! So 4 packs a day we're talking $1.00 vs. $32.00 a day.
Why did you leave the age at death off so many of these reports? Very sloppy.
Ahhh... I wish I could treat alcohol as an "every day beverage".
I am a firm believer that bourbon is NOT just for breakfast anymore.
Loved the echo echo echo effect on 10:25 🤣😂😆
I thought he was doing some youtube epic voice like other youtubers do, i was confused
At 17:31 smoking changed David Janssen completely !!! 😂😂😂
That's actor R.G. Armstrong, who died at age 95.
@@leestamm3187 That's right, Lee, he played Pruneface in Warren Beatty's Dick Tracy, and was in a lot of other movies. The reason a photo of him was included in the David Jansen segment is a mystery for the ages, They'll find Noah's Ark or Jimmy Hoffa's remains before explaining it.. 😆
I can’t believe John Wayne wasn’t on this list.
My father quit smoking when he was in his 20’s something by reading the warning label on a pack of cigarettes. My grandmother smoked in her early 70’s that a doctor told her to quit smoking. She did and lived to be 89 years old. She did looked liked she was 100 years old in her face. My aunt was a heavy smoker and drinker. She died just before my father in her early 70’s.
Beth, use spell check please.
I think 78 is a pretty good run. RIP Dean.
If and when you get to 78 come back and post if you made it to 78.I am 74 and watched my dad die at 71 and not ready yet.
@@oldgoat50 Agreed. I'm 75. Anyone who thinks 78 is a "pretty good run" is obviously too young to relate.
Swayze, "renown for his awesomeness." Honestly, who writes this crap?
These aren't the worst smokers, they are the greatest smokers. Congrats to all of them.
How can Yul Brynner not be on this list?
Cigarettes r very nasty
For the love of God, get a bot that pronounce names correctly.
Put out my last cigarette cold turkey 41 years ago, and I thank God I did that. Except in very, very rare cases, smoking and long life are mutually exclusive.
Forgot about John Wayne snd Carroll O'Conner
One of Audrey Meadows pictures is Katharine Hepburn
Honorable mention to the following actors and actresses.
Sharon Stone
Michael Rennie
James Garner
Steve McQueen
Lee Marvin
Laurence Harvey
Rock Hudson
George Peppard
Yul Brynner
Richard Boone too !
a great era for lung cancer.
Considering how much Dino drank and smoke, plus the heartache of losing his son, he actually lived quite long.
Buster Keaton was not told by his family or doctors he was dieing, that's a huge miss IMO.
This video's quality is ATROCIOUS!
The quality is so fucking bad.
Okay so first off, you PRONOUNCED Frank SIN-ATRA wrong as hell not SINI-TRA!
Secondly more than once segments started to get DOUBLE UP/OVERLAPPING audio!
And lastly when one of your spotlights ends and cuts so fucking short and jumps straight in to the next Numbered person on the list.
Whoever did the editing for this video needs to do a much better job and not a damn rush job!
William Tallman and William Hopper of Perry Mason fame, Sue Randel! Of Leave it to Beaver smoked 3 packs a day and died of lung cancer at age 49
Aaron Spelling , Ian Fleming , the list goes on
Too many mispronounced names! Too many audio and video errors.
Quit 21 years ago. Never regretted it
It’s Sinatra the last vowel “a” is short. Why show Rod Sterling when talking about Redd Fox.
Thank you for finally pronouncing the name Groucho correctly.
The echo needs to be fixed too.
Fix the remove the pictures of Aaron Burr from William Talmon.
Raymond Burr not Aaron.
I noticed that A.I. pronounced his name as Sin-na-tra.
Let's not forget William Talman, who played Los Angeles district attorney Hamilton Burger in the television series Perry Mason. A lifelong heavy smoker, Talman died of lung cancer (which had metastisized, bones, and brain) at the age of 53.
Dean Martin lived until the 90s. He did not die in 78.
I think he died at the age of 78
He died Christmas Day 1995. Age 78
He died in 1995 at age 78 from lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD I think narrator met to say that passed away at 78 but made it sound like he died in 1978.
My mother and two of my brothers died from heavy smoking.
A horrible addiction 🤔
I notice that AI frequently mispronounces names and words. Often accent is placed on the wrong syllable making the name or word sound very strange.
13:29 of 19:45 I can't watch this shit anymore.
Shouldn’t this be titled…The Best Smokers?
1989 Was the year I completely gave up my pack-a-day habit, now 67 years old I'm suffering from post-COVID lung problems, not too bad but needing to use an inhaler once in a while!
Burgesss Meredith's nightmare was the very incident that happened to Jack Cassidy, resulting in his death on December 12, 1976.
I had no idea that Patrick Swayze smoked! WOW! That shocks me. Never had a clue.
My grandmother was a chain smoker. Camel was her favorite brand. She looked about 20 years older than her actual age and always reminded me of a nasty old spider in a web. Of course, she died of heart disease. I never touched the stuff.
You need an editor. Desperately.
I started smoking a pack a day at 16 until 20. I quit for 16 years and then started up again for about a year, quit again for 5 years and then finally took it up again for one last time for about a year. One of the best things I ever did was quit that disgusting, stinky habit. I can say without reservation that smoking is a habit I will never take up again.
Another smoker that isn't on the list is Ernie Kovacs.
Some of the pronunciations are hilarious.
Tyrone Power died at 44 years old. I have read that he smoked 4 packs of cigarettes a day.
I was a light smoker for 20 years beginning at 14. quit cold turkey. now 81. took a coupla years though to get over the "urge". quit right in the middle of a pack too. Recently I noticed a pack of my Great Granddaughters cancer sticks and noted that they're about 30% skinnier than they used to be when I was smoking. have no idea when the industry did that but it was VERY noticeable and I pointed that out to her. They're now about the size of what "Virginia Slims" were back when I quit. Are they still making that brand if so I can't imagine how skinny they are now!
*John Wayne was a 6-pack a day Smoker*
*Betty Grable was a 3-pack a day Smoker*
*Laurel and Hardy were Heavy Smokers*
there is an episode in which Serling appears at the end for 2 minutes at most. Even during those two minutes he had a cigarette stuck in his face. What a waste of talent
I quit 9 years ago thank god but another great actor that cigarettes killed was the great Lon Chaney sr. Who died at the young age of 47.
John Wayne was the king of smokers. Never had an unlit cigarette throughout his day. Would light every smoke with the lit but of his previous cig.
Let's be honest: almost everyone in show business smoked something back then. It killed most of them, but then again people like Burns and Berle lived long lives.
Your soundtrack needs work. Esp. Oscar Levant. Mispronounced names hurt it. Photos of people who were NOT the person discussed.
The first picture is not Buster Keaton. He didn't smile in pictures, right?? Should be a big red flag.
I think it's Buster Collier.
I literally hate cigarettes. There killers that's it
@@susanjoseph2380 Plus they stink.
As usual, the AI narration mispronounces names and other words.
A long life isn’t necessary something to look forward to for many people.
The thing about smoking has always been this.
*_Smoking has never been cool. But the coolest people always smoked._*
Bogie, Frank, Deano, Gable, the Duke, Brando, Marlene, Bacall and Marilyn. Just about everybody that anybody wanted to be, smoked.
All of their most classic photographs had three elements.
1) The star, glammed to the nines.
2) A cocktail. Martinis and whiskey being most common. And,
3) A lit cigarette. Rarely, a gentleman would have a cigar or a pipe. A cigar was almost always accompanied by a _tuxedo or a Dinner Jacket._ The ladies almost always had a cigarette holder of some type, often pearl.
It wasn't just the glamorous boys and girls either. All the bad boys and girls always a lit cig hanging from a lip on one side or the other. Can you think of your favorite actor of the period when they played a dark character? Were they smoking? Pretty sure they were. Lighting a cigarette or a pipe was an excellent way to slow down a scene for dramatic effect.
Getting away from celebs, if you are old enough to have grown children and grands, you will remember that back in school, the kids that always got into trouble, smoked.
The power of marketing, Eh?
You may not die from cigarette smoking . But smoking helps developing many diseases.
Absolutely,its a contributory factor in many cancers aside from lung cancer.
Including heart disease and strokes, to name just two of many.
I'm surprised there is no mention of William Holden who was a prolific smoker 🤔
Both my parents died from smoking ..I never smoked and am glad I never did.
After smoking tobacco for 12:40 12:46 32years of my life, I had cancer of the larynx and I stopped smoking per my oncologist advice.I did stop and that really did help me to beat cancer and I am in my 15 year as a survivor of cancer.My advice to people who are currently smoking tobacco and other forms of tobacco,stop while you still have the time to do so and that time is now because a journey of life fighting cancer is not a pleasant one
You missed John Wayne a heavy smoker 5 packs a day and a heavy drinker
6:07. Moe wasn't the only Stooge to smoke-all six of them smoked, and I'm pretty sure contributed to Shemp's death in 1955. And I read that in the months leading up to his death, Shemp secretly too nitroglycerin tablets for chest pains, with should have sent him to see his doctor.
While not a star the biggest smoker had to be Billy Carter. Jimmy's brother. Billy admitted that he smoked 8 packs a day.
I smoke cigarettes but 3 or more packs a day is wild. I can’t even do that. It takes me 3/4 days with a pack. I pray I stop smoking soon.
Was a lot easier back in the day when it wasn't such a pain in the ass to go have a cigarette. You used to be able to smoke almost anywhere. I'm 39 and I can remember as a little kid when you could even smoke in the mall. Not in most of the actual stores, but in the mall was fine and they had ash trays everywhere. I quit cigarettes but I didn't quit nicotine. Still use tobacco free nicotine pouches, vape sometimes, and very occasionally like once a month, I'll smoke a cigar.
Johnny paycheck and waylon jennings
No John Wayne?
I hate AI
10:15 Oscar Levant echo echo echo echo echo echo echo
Been there done that !
Nasty habit just like drinking !
Stopped both a long time ago !
I wonder how much money I saved besides putting years on my life ! ?